ID 1515023
Los 52 | Frank Stella. The Dying Whale (Incorporating The Hat, The Specksynder and The Glider)
Schätzwert
€ 300 000 – 500 000
1936 Malden/Massachusetts - 2024 New York
Title: The Dying Whale (Incorporating The Hat, The Specksynder and The Glider).
Date: 1990.
Different dimensions: Raft of the Medusa Part II: 258 x 279 x 223.5 cm; Raft of the Medusa Part III: 284.5 x 231 x 223.5 cm; The Hat: 91 x 46 x 48 cm; The Gilder: 95 x 122 x 30.5 cm; The Specksnyder: 107 x 119 x 76 cm; Untitled: 225 x 233 x 166 cm. Overall dimensions: approx. 320 x 380 x 380 cm
. Technique: Aluminium and various materials on steel.
The sculpture can be viewed by appointment at a storage facility near Zurich.
Provenance:
- Gallery Leo Castelli and Larry Gagosian, New York
- Asher B. Edelman
- Private Collection
Exhibitions:
- Gallery Leo Castelli and Larry Gagosian, New York 1990/91
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1991 (Biennial)
- Fondation Asher Edelman, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lausanne 1991-1995
- Plutschow Gallery and Edelman Arts, Zurich 2019
Literature:
- Exhib. cat. Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1991, p. 278, ill. (titled here: Raft of Medusa, Part II and Part III)
- Exhib. cat. Selection: Oeuvres de la Collection, FAE (Fondation Asher Edelman), Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lausanne 1991, p. 154
- Wallace, Robert K.: Frank Stella's Moby Dick: Words and Shapes, Michigan 2000, p. 207, cat. no. 227, ill.
- A spectacular work of museum quality from every angle
- One of the first floor sculptures in Stella's diverse oeuvre
- Part of the Moby Dick cycle, in which he intensively visualizes Herman Melville's novel
- A monumental symbol of survival, transformation, and creative energy in the face of decay.
| Künstler: | Frank Stella (1936 - 2024) |
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| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Zeitgenössische Skulpturen |
| Künstler: | Frank Stella (1936 - 2024) |
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| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Zeitgenössische Skulpturen |
| Adresse der Versteigerung |
VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Hitzelerstr. 2 50968 Köln Deutschland | ||||||||||||||
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